2011 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League
Season2011
ChampionsGlasgow City[1]
RelegatedDundee United SC (withdrew)
Boroughmuir Thistle (folded)
Champions LeagueGlasgow City
Matches played110
Goals scored606 (5.51 per match)
Biggest home winHibernian 14–0 Falkirk
30 August 2011[2]
Biggest away winKilmarnock 0–15 Celtic
8 May 2011[3]
Highest scoringKilmarnock 0–15 Celtic
8 May 2011[3]
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 Women's Premier League was the tenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League. A total of eleven teams contested the division. It was played as a double round-robin in 2011.[1]

Celtic Reserves had won the 2010 Scottish Women's First Division, but were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League.[4] Thus Hutchison Vale, as second-place finishers, were promoted to replace relegated Aberdeen. Dundee United Sports Club and Boroughmuir Thistle resigned from the league before the season commenced, resulting in Falkirk being offered promotion in February 2011.[5][6]

On the 17th matchday, Glasgow City secured their fifth straight Scottish title,[7] Spartans finished as runners-up.[1] and went on to complete a perfect season of 20 victories. Glasgow City also won the 2011 Scottish Women's Cup to complete the 'double'.

Owing to a lack of clubs eligible to be promoted, F.C. Kilmarnock Ladies were spared relegation and competed in the Premier League in 2012.[8][9]

Teams

Stadia and locations

2011 Scottish Women's Premier League is located in Scotland
Falkirk
Falkirk
Glasgow
Glasgow
Forfar
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Hamilton
Hamilton
Inverness
Inverness
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
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Locations of teams in the 2011 Premier League

The most regular home ground is shown though many clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.

Team Location Home ground Finishing position 2010
Celtic Glasgow Lennoxtown 2nd
Falkirk Falkirk Westfield Park, Denny SWFL First Division, 3rd
Forfar Farmington Forfar Strathmore Park 5th
Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park 1st
Hamilton Academical Hamilton John Cumming Stadium, Carluke 6th
Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn 4th
Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure SWFL First Division, 2nd
Inverness City Inverness Bught Park 7th
FC Kilmarnock Ladies Kilmarnock Blair Park, Hurlford 11th
Rangers Glasgow Petershill Park 8th
Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy 3rd

League standings

FC Kilmarnock Ladies fielded an ineligible player in their 2–0 victory over Falkirk on 26 June 2011. The result was annulled and a 3–0 win awarded to Falkirk.[10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Glasgow City (C, Q) 20 20 0 0 136 6 +130 60 2012–13 Champions League
2 Spartans 20 14 3 3 84 37 +47 45
3 Hibernian 20 13 3 4 80 25 +55 42
4 Celtic 20 13 2 5 79 24 +55 41
5 Forfar Farmington 20 13 1 6 32 26 +6 40
6 Hamilton Academical 20 8 3 9 56 43 +13 27
7 Rangers 20 7 5 8 51 50 +1 26
8 Inverness City 20 5 2 13 24 82 −58 17
9 Hutchison Vale 20 5 1 14 41 67 −26 16
10 Falkirk 20 2 0 18 13 114 −101 6
11 FC Kilmarnock Ladies 20 0 0 20 10 132 −122 0
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Statistics

Results

Home \ Away CEL FAL KLM FFM GLC HAM HIB HUT INV RAN SPA
Celtic 8–0 7–0 5–0 0–5 2–1 0–0 4–0 5–0 3–0 1–2
Falkirk 0–11 3–0 0–1 0–13 1–4 2–3 0–3 2–3 0–4 1–6
FC Kilmarnock Ladies 0–15 1–3 1–2 0–12 0–4 0–10 3–7 3–5 0–7 1–7
Forfar Farmington 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Glasgow City 3–1 9–0 10–0 7–0 5–0 8–0 8–1 8–0 8–1 5–1
Hamilton Academical 1–1 7–0 7–1 1–2 0–4 1–4 3–2 5–1 2–2 1–2
Hibernian 1–2 14–0 6–0 3–0 1–3 4–0 4–1 8–0 0–1 4–4
Hutchison Vale 1–2 5–0 5–0 0–4 0–5 3–6 0–6 6–1 1–3 1–1
Inverness City 1–3 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–10 0–8 0–5 3–1 2–2 0–3
Rangers 2–5 6–1 7–0 1–2 0–6 3–3 1–3 5–2 2–2 2–7
Spartans 6–4 9–0 9–0 4–3 1–6 4–2 1–3 7–1 7–0 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2011. Source: Scottish Women's FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 01:15, 15 November 2011 (GMT)[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Susan Fairlie Hamilton Academical 24
2 Scotland Suzanne Grant Celtic 21
Scotland Jane Ross Glasgow City
4 Scotland Lisa Evans Glasgow City 18
5 Scotland Diana Barry Spartans 17
6 Scotland Jennifer Callaghan Rangers 16
7 Scotland Hayley Cunningham Hibernian 15
8 Scotland Sarah Ewens Spartans 14
Germany Katharina Lindner Glasgow City
Scotland Christie Murray Glasgow City

References

  1. ^ a b c King, Ian. "Scotland (Women) 2011: Premier League 2011". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "HIBERNIAN VS. FALKIRK 14 - 0". Soccerway. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b "KILMARNOCK VS. CELTIC 0 - 15". Soccerway Women. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011" (PDF). Scottish FA. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Scottish Premier Boroughmuir fold". shekicks.net. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Newest member of Premier League". 4 March 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Glasgow City clinch Scottish Women's Premier League". BBC. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  8. ^ Smith, Lizzie (10 February 2012). "FC Killie ladies stay in Scottish top flight with new coach". Kilmarnock Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Old Firm Clash Kicks-Off Season". She Kicks. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  10. ^ Smith, Lizzie (21 October 2011). "FC Killie Ladies to fight for SWPL survival". Kilmarnock Standard. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Soccerway Current Season Stats". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.